The scientist named three signs that a person needs to be urgently checked for diabetes

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The presence of diabetes in relatives, excess weight and age after 40 years are signs that a person needs to check blood sugar to rule out the possibility of diabetes. Today, every fifth person who considers himself healthy is in the phase of pre-diabetes - a state when there is no diabetes, but the level of sugar in the blood is elevated.

Maryna Shestakova, a scientist and director of the Institute of Diabetes at the NMIC of Endocrinology, spoke about how significant the probability of getting diabetes is these days. She said that according to rapid tests, today almost 20 percent of people who are confident in their health are actually in a state of prediabetes.

The danger of prediabetes is that every second case of this disease within five years can convert into diabetes, and this disorder itself is an independent risk factor for the development of cardiovascular problems.

The endocrinologist scientist explained what signs should be the reason to urgently check for diabetes by taking an fasting blood test.

Such circumstances, according to Shestakova, are excess weight, hereditary predisposition (one of the parents or grandparents has diabetes), as well as age after 40 years. She noted that if type XNUMX diabetes is detected at the stage of prediabetes, it can be completely cured.

The scientist explained that diabetes is one of the few diseases with a preliminary stage, "which is completely reversible with the help of non-medicinal means - changes in lifestyle, diet and physical activity."